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Noted Modernist architect Charles Gwathmey died in Manhattan on August 3, 2009. He was 71. Among his many works was his recent award-winning renovation of the Art & Architecture Building by Paul Rudolph at Yale University which was rededicated as Paul Rudolph hall in November, 2008. For more details on his life and work, see the following articles.

“Modernism at Risk: Modern Solutions for Saving Modern Landmarks,” an exhibition organized by the World Monuments Fund and sponsored by Knoll Inc., will travel to design schools and other venues across the United States beginning with the University of Florida’s College of Design, Construction and Planning.

A set of 8 blueprints of the Cerrito Residence, formerly in Watch Hill, a village in the town of Westerly, RI has been given to the Claire T. Carney Library, UMass Dartmouth, the sponsor of this web site. The blueprints depict the floor plans, interior elevations and landscape plan of the house designed by Paul Rudolph in 1955 for Dr. & Mrs. Louis Cerrito. The house was demolished in 2007.

The library received the plans courtesy of the architectural firm via the client, that designed the house that was built to replace the Cerrito Residence.

Marty Hylton, an organizer of the "Modernism at Risk" exhibition at the University of Florida, talks about the efforts to save modernist buildings and the difficulties in doing so in this podcast. Among projects discussed is the demolished Riverview High School in Sarasota FL by Paul Rudolph.

Check out this project being developed in Singapore by OMA (Office for Metropolitan Architecture Beijing) architect Ole Scheeren. The "Interlace" project employs a bold modular look that is being compared to the Colonnade Condominiums of Paul Rudolph as well as other innovative projects in Singapore.

“The Architect must be uniquely prejudiced. If his work is to ring with conviction, he will be completely committed to his particular way of seeing the universe. It is only then that every man sees his particular truth. Only a few find themselves in such a way.”
Rudolph, Paul Marvin, 1918-1997. "For Perspecta." Perspecta 7 (1961): 51-63.

"The Westport Arts Center will present Aggregate: Art and Architecture – a Brutalist Remix, Friday, September 25 through Sunday, November 22. WAC will host a public opening reception on Friday, September 25, 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. at the gallery, 51 Riverside Avenue, Westport, Connecticut. Exhibition programming includes a talk on the spirit of Brutalism by architect John Johansen at Westport Arts Center on Sunday, October 4 at 4:00 pm. Curator Terri C. Smith will also give an informal talk about the exhibition on Thursday, October 22 at 7:00 pm.

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What in your opinion, are three of some of the greatest works of modern architecture and why?

Paul Rudolph:

I feel the Le Corbusier’s Villa Savoie [Poissy, France, 1929] demonstrated the sense of continuity of space, the unfolding space, in an admirable way. It also stated eloquently Le Corbusier’s feeling about man’s relationship to nature, which has proved to be prophetic.